FUTAMURA CHEMICAL UK LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  -17.8%

  £67,760,000 → £55,727,000

  lowest in 5 filed years

• Cash

  +375.7%

  £1,747,000 → £8,310,000

• Net assets

  +1.3%

  £30,077,000 → £30,482,000

• Employees

  -0.4%

  284 → 283

• Operating profit

  -250.6%

  -£2,403,000 → -£8,426,000

  lowest in 5 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -178.4%

  -£3,373,000 → -£9,392,000

  lowest in 5 filed years

• Wages

  +0.4%

  £14,607,000 → £14,672,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Armstrong Watson Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“For the financial year ended 31 December 2025, the company generated negative EBITDA of £3.8m, reflecting a decrease from the financial year ended 31 December 2024. At the balance sheet date, the company had net current assets of £17.6m, net assets of £30.5m and cash of £8.3m. The company reported a net loss after tax of £9.4m, which reflects the current difficult trading conditions across Europe. Despite the loss reported for the year, the company maintains sufficient liquidity to meet its short-term obligations, supported by a committed revolving credit facility and ongoing operating cash flows. The directors' forecasts indicate that the company will require continued financial support from the wider group in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The company has the full backing of the wider group, which has indicated its intention to continue to support the company through a combination of debt funding and additional equity as required. Having considered the forecasts, available facilities and the ongoing support from the wider group, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “Our future plans include a project we have previously commented on, by processing waste sulphurous gases from our production process to generate heat (Steam), this delivers a c.17% reduction in Steam usage. Following the award of the IETF grant this project has been approved and contracts signed at the end of 2025. We expect the plant to be operational at the start of 2028.”
• “There have been no significant events specific to the Company since the year end, the provisional approval of the IETF grant provides optimism that we can realise a project that is both environmentally beneficial by processing waste gases rather than emitting, and by significantly reducing our energy consumption whilst becoming the only plant in the UK to produce Sulphuric Acid to both use on site and sell to the market.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.